Hardware
Hardware Utilities, Hard Disks, USB Drives, ISO and Drivers
- Rufus, best tool for creating bootable USB drives
- Belarc Advisor, Free, details of installed software and hardware, anti-virus status, security benchmarks; displays results in your Web browser
- Crystal Disk Info Free, displays hard disk info and if drives are about to fail
- Power ISO, create, burn, mount, edit, extract and create bootable drives, $29.95
- AIDA64 Extreme displays detailed computer and motherboard hardware information, $49.95 for 3 PCs
Driver Software for Optimum Performance
Drivers are files to help your computer communicate with its hardware. Having the wrong drivers can result in more system crashes, blurry displays, distorted or crackling audio, lost connection to the internet, or devices simply not working.